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PSAT High-Frequency Word List
vocabulary.
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11th Grade
09/13/2009
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Term
aesthetic
 Definition
beauty
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ambivalence
 Definition
wishy washy
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amenable
 Definition
agreeable
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buttress
 Definition
to support
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candor
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concord
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agreement
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contentious
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disagreement
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cryptic
 Definition
mystic, hidden, secretive, mysterious.
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dawdle
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to waste time.
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derision
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to make fun of
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disparage
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to lower in rank
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inept
 Definition
useless
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dogmatic
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strict, not subject to change
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esoteric
 Definition
known only to a select few.
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espouse
 Definition
to make one's own.
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flippant
 Definition
lightly sarcastic.
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fortuitous
 Definition
happening by chance
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hamper
 Definition
hold back
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imperceptible
 Definition
unnoticeable.
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mutable
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changeable.
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nostalgia
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longing for the past
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petulant
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pouty,rude
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paradox
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contradiction
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refute
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to disagree
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repudiate
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to disagree
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reticence
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reserved
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satirize
 Definition
sarcasm with a purpose
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taciturn
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vacillation
 Definition
going back and forth
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